diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c056d3bef..6018a3757 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -268,7 +268,10 @@ paket-files/
 *.sln.iml
 
 # VSCode settings
-.vscode/settings.json
+.vscode/**
+!.vscode/extensions.json
+!.vscode/settings.json
+!.vscode/tasks.json
 
 # CodeRush
 .cr/
diff --git a/.vscode/extensions.json b/.vscode/extensions.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4336e1e43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/extensions.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "recommendations": [
+    "streetsidesoftware.code-spell-checker",
+    "hashicorp.hcl",
+    "davidanson.vscode-markdownlint",
+    "ms-vscode.powershell",
+    "timonwong.shellcheck"
+  ]
+}
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diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ddd8d2ec0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+  "powershell.codeFormatting.addWhitespaceAroundPipe": true,
+  "powershell.codeFormatting.alignPropertyValuePairs": true,
+  "powershell.codeFormatting.autoCorrectAliases": true,
+  "powershell.codeFormatting.newLineAfterCloseBrace": true,
+  "powershell.codeFormatting.newLineAfterOpenBrace": true,
+  "powershell.codeFormatting.openBraceOnSameLine": true,
+  "powershell.codeFormatting.pipelineIndentationStyle": "IncreaseIndentationForFirstPipeline",
+  "powershell.codeFormatting.preset": "Stroustrup",
+  "powershell.codeFormatting.trimWhitespaceAroundPipe": true,
+  "powershell.codeFormatting.whitespaceAfterSeparator": true,
+  "powershell.codeFormatting.whitespaceAroundOperator": true,
+  "powershell.codeFormatting.whitespaceBeforeOpenBrace": true,
+  "powershell.codeFormatting.whitespaceBeforeOpenParen": true,
+  "powershell.codeFormatting.whitespaceBetweenParameters": true,
+  "powershell.codeFormatting.whitespaceInsideBrace": true,
+  "shellcheck.exclude": [
+    "SC1091"
+  ]
+}
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